The Biggest, Most-Bad-Ass SEO Company ?

I am sick and tired of SEO.

I (and my people) can get pages on the top ten. Its really not hard. But its the top 3 that really matter.

I just can't get to top 3.

I have abotu 7 sites and I have a guy on elance working on them for me. Hes one of the top rated SEO guys on Elance. And I have another guy (from Elance) who is also very good .. and hes also working on some stufff.

But both of these companies are too slow. I've put a large sum of money into escrow for them, so you'd think they'd work fast.. but its just taking time.

I realize SEO takes time and all that, but I often wonder if there is a faster way to do this. Many people on backlinksforum say that most stuff can be done in 6 months. This has been close to a year now and no massive gains.

I've considered using RankPay.com, but the site seems sketchy to me and they also have disqualified some of my keywords, saying I need more pagerank...

Does anyone know of a place that will guarantee a top 3 ranking in 6 months or less, and is performance based (meaning I release funds after I rank). Its not even important that its performance based. I will pay as long as it can be done.

My keywords are also not super difficult. I am not trying to land outrageously hard keywords.